Mitra puncticulata

Mitra (Nebularia) puncticulata
Mitra puncticulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Mitra
Subgenus: Nebularia
Species: M. puncticulata
Binomial name
Mitra (Nebularia) puncticulata
Lamarck, 1811
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra diadema Swainson, W.A., 1822
  • Mitra serpentina Wood, 1825

Mitra (Nebularia) puncticulata, common name : the punctured mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[2]

Description

The shell size varies between 25 mm and 57 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Central Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Okinawa, Australia and Papua New Guinea.

References

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